A new Icelandic documentary is premiering in Reykjavik tonight. Atomy follows the journey of quadriplegic social entrepreneur, Brandur, who is paralysed from the neck down, as he goes to Nepal to seek therapy in the hope that it may help … Continue reading Icelandic director Logi Hilmarsson premieres his new documentary ‘Atomy’
We are huge fans of documentaries and always enjoy catching them at festivals such as CPH:DOX – it’s just a shame that hardly any of these documentaries are then accessible to see in the UK, after all of the festival … Continue reading Top 10 Nordic Documentaries of 2022
In July I spoke with film director Suvi West, when we were both in the mad throes of moving house. Suvi was mid-flow packing, whilst I had just managed to get the internet after five days of waiting. So it … Continue reading Suvi West’s Eatnameamet educates us on the Sami
Mads Hedegaard’s Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest is, without doubt, our feel-good documentary of the year. Up there with the brilliant and also Danish documentary, Dark Blossom. Where Frigge Fi’s Dark Blossom introduced us to the tight-knit friendship of … Continue reading ‘Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest’ is the feel-good documentary of the year. We meet Danish director Mads Hedegaard
We saw Raise the Bar at the 2021 Canadian Hot Docs documentary festival and were really moved by the powerful film following a young girls basketball team in Iceland. Their male coach teaches them to be strong physically, mentally and … Continue reading Director Guðjón Ragnarsson’s Raise The Bar lifts the lid on gender inequality in Iceland
Hot Docs festival in Canada seemed to fly by – we managed to catch only a handful of films from the Nordic region, but they were, without doubt, some really interesting pieces of work. We picked out our favourites and … Continue reading Our hot Nordic takes from the Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival
One of our favourite films shown at Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX in the Nordic Dox award category was The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole. An absolutely beautiful, moving, and musical piece from directors Andri Magnason and Anní Ólafsdóttir … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: ‘The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole’ documentary- Icelandic directors discuss their film about mental health
It has been a busy week here as we work through the 12 fantastic films in the NORDIC:DOX Award category at this years Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival! Following on from Part One, here we give our synopsis of the other … Continue reading Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX – NORDIC:DOX award nominees part two
The 2021 Copenhagen International Film Festival featured 177 new documentaries and we were lucky enough to get access to them all. With such an overwhelming amount of talent on show, we decided to focus our attention on the festival’s NORDIC:DOX … Continue reading Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX – NORDIC:DOX award nominees part one
An exciting film that is just hitting the documentary circuit is filmed in Denmark by Danish director Frigge Fi, and is a touching, darkly comedic debut called Dark Blossom. About Dark Blossom The film follows three goth friends – Josephine, … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: Danish documentary ‘Dark Blossom’ director Frigge Fi